Example sentences of "who [vb past] to fame " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doonican , who rose to fame some 20 years ago with hits such as ‘ Elusive Butterfly ’ and ‘ Walk Tall ’ , suffered a drop in popularity when , at the height of what has become known as the ‘ swinging London ’ phenomenon , he revealed a fondness for rocking chairs and ‘ a cup of Typhoo ’ . |
| 2 | Doonican , who rose to fame some 20 years ago with hits such as ‘ Elusive Butterfly ’ and ‘ Walk Tall ’ , suffered a drop in popularity when , at the height of what has become known as the ‘ swinging London ’ phenomenon , he revealed a fondness for rocking chairs and ‘ a cup of Typhoo ’ . |
| 3 | One of the breed of Northern working class actors who rose to fame in the British cinema of the early Sixties , he has moved smoothly between film ( Annie , Shoot the Moon and Miller 's Crossing of late ) , both commercial and subsidised theatre , and even television ( in Kingsley Amis ' The Green Man ) . |
| 4 | Anyone in Hong Kong with a problem — be it so trivial as to know which horse to place a bet on , or so crucial as to know whom to marry — can ask the god Won Tai Sin , whose temple is to be found in the middle of a vast housing estate in north Kowloon , and who came to fame by turning boulders into sheep . |
| 5 | ACTRESS Margot Kidder , who soared to fame as Superman 's girlfriend Lois Lane , admitted last night : ‘ I 'm bankrupt . ’ |
| 6 | This happened to Hollywood hellraising hunk Nick Nolte who shot to fame in the TV mini-series Rich Man , Poor Man . |
| 7 | A small framed photo of girlfriend Juliette Lewis — who shot to fame as the sexually awakening daughter , Danielle , in Cape Fear — sits atop a bookcase . |
| 8 | Stunning Laura , who shot to fame alongside Patrick Swayze in Point Break and Robin Williams in Cadillac Man , admits : ‘ I 'm forever falling in love with my co-stars . |
| 9 | The curvy actress , who shot to fame in hit films Splash and Wall Street , is attending classes at New York University in a bid to become a director . |
| 10 | SEXY Hollywood star Julia Roberts , 24 , who shot to fame in Pretty Woman , hates make-up … because her face is the wrong shape . |
| 11 | Boston-born Bobby who shot to fame after escaping a life of petty crime , has already been the victim of one gangland shooting . |
| 12 | The man behind the project is popstar Fish who shot to fame in the early 1980s as lead singer of the group Marillion . |
| 13 | But Paula , who shot to fame back in the '70s in the hit TV shows The Lovers and Man |
| 14 | DAVID COVERDALE Saltburn-born rock vocalist who shot to fame in Deep Purple and went on to front Whitesnake , notching up such hits as Fool For Your Lovin' and Here I Go Again . |
| 15 | The role of Hamlet will be played by Alan Rickman , who shot to fame with his performance as the Sheriff of Nottingham in the film Robin Hood , Prince of Thieves . |